Shutter-hanger



C. T. J. GILES.

SHUTTER HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1920- 1,357,162 Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

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GHESLEY .r. J. GILES, or GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

SHUTTER-HANGER.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

Application filed April 29, 1920. Serial No. 377,701.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, CHEsLEY T. J. GILES, citizen of the United States residing at Greenville, in the county of Ctreenvilleand State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shutter-Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to closures and readily separable means for hanging and securing them. It is particularly intended and adapted as a detachable hanging and securing means for outside window screens, storm windows, awnings or other form of window shutters or protectors.

The particular object in view is the provision of devices whereby such outside shut- :trom the inside of a house without danger to the person hanging sald shutters.

It comprises a means whereby the shutter may be applied by inclining the upper end of the shutter against guides, such as wlndow stops or the rear slde of books, and, by a mere upward thrust, causlng the interlocking means of the hanging devices to interengage so that they cannot of themselves release, and cooperate to draw the upper. end or" the shutter snugly into place against the guides, window stops, or other abutment.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a view, from the inside of a .house, of a window frame, sash and outside shutter or screen;

Fig.8 is a vertical section through the window frame, sash and outside shutter, the shutter being open at the bottom and hanging at the top;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating the shutter closed;

Fig. 4 is a detail view showing one of the hanger blanks on'the window frame as it appears stamped from sheet metal, ready to be bent into the form of a completed hanger;

Fig. 5 is a detail shdwing one of the hangers in place on a window casing and engaging a cooperating member on a shutter shown in section;

Fig. 6 is a detail face view showing dhe surface.

relation of the hanger on a window frame and the cooperatingmember on a shutter when the shutter is closed, the parts being shown as seen from the inside; L i

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view showing the relative position of the parts with the shutter in position about to be pressed upward to effect an interlocking engagement between the hanger on' the casing and the member upon the shutter that cooperates with the hanger.

I have herein described and shown the invention applied to an outside shutter for a window, and although the shutter illustrated is a screen, it will be apparent that it might be a storm window, awning, blind or other protective covering to be applied to a window opening exterior of the sash, or that it may be applied to a one piece sash if so desired.

In the drawings, a designates a window frame and Z) the upper-portion of a casing secured thereto; 0 and 0 indicate ordinary lower and upper sashes, respectively, sliding between stops (Z in the window casing. A screen or other outside shutter is designated e.

Secured so as to depend from the upper casing member 7), is a pair of hooks designated as an entirety by the numeral 1. These hooks maybe stamped from sheet metal of a form illustrated in Fig. 4 and bent along the line 5-5 to form a base plate 2 and a. hooked part 3 lying at right angles tofeach other. The base plate 2 is provided' withholes 4 adapted to receive wood screws 5 and be thereby attached to the top member'of the casing b. The shank of the hook member has a straight back 6 and full curved front edge 7 which merges into the hook cavity 8 and constitutes a cam The curved edge 7 is intended to project inward at least as far as the point 9 of the hook. hen the hook members l are secured in place on the upper casing member 5 the straight back portion 6 of the shank will be substantially in the'plane of the outer surfaces of the outside stopsd.

Secured to the inner face of the shutter near its upper edge andspaced apart a dis tance between centers equal to the distance between the hook members is a pair of resilient members adapted to' interlock with said, hooks and illustrated as loops 10.

These loops may be made of spring wire ben t into U-form, when viewedin plan, and

provided with eyes 11 at the ends of the limbs adapted to receive screws 12 by which said loops may be secured to the inner face of the shutter. The limbs of the said loops 'are preferably straight for a distance adjacent their ends as at 11 and then offset straight portions. 11 on the shanks of the loops and the cross member or crown 13 of the looped end is somewhat less than the width of the shank. ofthehook 1 between the straight edge 6 ,and the wide portion of the cam edge 7 and less than the distance between thepoint of the hook and the edge 6. In Fig. 6 is illustrated a preferred form of the loop 10 wherein thelimbs are coiled as at 11 1 for the purpose of giving greater resiliencyto the limbs; but the loop may of course be made without these coils.

The arrangement and relationshipof the parts described issuch that when a shutter is brought into the position indicated in Fig. 7 withthe upperend resting a ainst the outer surface of the outside stopsiand pushed upward, the spring loop v1O will snap over the points 9 of the hook member 1, while further upward movement of the shutter willgcause the cross member 13 of the said loopsto ride up on the cam edges 7 and tend todraw the upper end of the shutter closely against the outside surface of the said'rstops d: in. order. to make a tight non rattlinghand weatherproof joint. When the shutter c has been pushed upward until its uppericross bar is in contacty'vith the casing member I) the lower end may be brought in over the window sill snugly against th'e outer stop (Z as shown in Fig. .3. When in this position thelower end ofthe shuttermay be hooked to the window frame by means of hooks- 15 on the shutter and ordi- IlQIYISCI'GW eyes 16 secured to the stop d. It will ibe seen that the improvement thus far described provides for readily attaching an outside shutter by a person standing within the window; that it; may be done very quickly and that the shutter is automatically brought snugly against the stops at the upp er portion while its lower, end may be drawn in and secured tightly in place. Should it be desired to open the shutter for the purposes of ventilation or otherwise, the hook 15 may be released'and the bottom of the shutter pushed outward. This will allow the shutter to assume the position illustrated in Fig. 2, in which it may be stayed if desired by the use of any well known prop'or stay, as indicated at 17.

Should it be desiredto removethe'shute ter, the lower'hooks1'5 would be released,

the bottom of the shutter pushed outward slightlyand the spring loops 1O drawn in ward so that the crossmembers or crown portions. 13 thereof clear the points 9 of the hooks whereupon the shutter may be pushed outward and downward, turned endwise and brought within the house.

It will v be. obvious that this invention may be used, if desired, to support an awning, as, for example, an awning, comprising a frame withfabric stretched across it,,saidframe having resilient loops 10 thereon adapted to engage the hook members 1, and that said awningmay be hung on said hooks and have its lower portion stayed away from the window sill, thus constituting an awning for fair weather which may be closed in and serve as a storm shutter during inclement. weather.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: r r

1. The combination ofia' frameor casing witha shutter adapted to fit withinsaid frameor. casing, ahook on said casing, a cooperating engaging member on the inner face of said shutter adapted to pass over the front ofsaid hook and engage the inner surface of the shank, thereof above the point.

QiThe combination of aframejor casing, with a shutter adapted to fit ,within the same,,a-hook mountedon the casing, a resilient, hookflengagingdevice secured to the i inner faceofthe shutterand adapted to snap overthe point of the hook andv bear upon the inner edge of the shanks thereof when the shutter is closed.

3. The combination of a frame or casing,

with. a shutter adapted to fit within the same, a hook carriedby the casing having itspoint turned inward, said hook having a straight back and a cam surfaceon its shank above the point, a resilient device on a the inner face. ofLthe. shutter adapted to snapover the point of thehook and bear resiliently against the cam when the shutter is closed. 7

4.-Thecombination of a frame having a hook provided with a straight back and a convex cam on its shank opposite the straight back and. above the hook point in combination with a shutter having a re silient loop secured to the inner face of the face;

5. The combination of a frame or casing, with a shutter adapted to fit within said frame or casing, a fastening device on the inner side of said casing adjacent its top, a cooperating fastening device on the inner face of the shutter near but belon the top thereof, said fastening devices being adapted to interlock, and so disposed as to pivotally suspend the shutter when the lat ter is open with its top spaced from the top of the casing, and a cam device disposed and adapted to force the upper portion of the shutter to its seat in response to the upward movement of the shutter when being closed.

6. The combination of a frame or casing with a shutter adapted to fit within said frame or casing, a hook projecting from the inner face of the top member of the casing, said hook having an inclined surface below its point and a camming surface on its shank above the point, a resilient fastener spaced from the inner face of the shutter adjacent its top but below the top edge thereof, said resilient fastener being so disposed as to suspend the shutter when open with its top edge separated from the top of the casing, to engage the lower inclined surface of the hook and snap over the point when the shutter is being hung, and to engage the cam surface and force the shutter inward in response to upward movement of the latter in closing.

7. A frame or casing having a hook pro jecting from an inner side thereof said hook member having a shank provided with a convex cam above the point of the hook and on the same side as the hook.

8. A shutter having a resilient loop se cured to its face near one end thereof, the crown or cross member of the loop being spaced from the face of the shutter and parallel therewith.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

(JI-IESLEY T. J. GILES. 

